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Shashi Tharoor on India’s Business Quotient: Shifting Growth From A Canter To...
This is a series of articles by leaders on how India can raise its Business Quotient. What should India do to improve its “business quotient”, and make itself a more desirable place for investors?...
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This UP-Based Not-For-Profit is Fighting Malnutrition, One District at a Time
Neem leaves and Ajwain, or Bishop’s seeds, are boiled in water, and then left to cool. This concoction, not the mother’s milk, is what newborn babies are given in Dhaki village, Uttar Pradesh. When...
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Army Makes Historic Announcement to Induct 800 Women as Military Police!
In today’s encouraging news for women – the Army has finalised a plan to induct women in the military police! This is seen as a major move towards breaking gender barriers in the armed forces, NDTV...
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Migrant Workers May Sleep Easy Thanks to this 22-Year-Old’s Innovation
Google ‘industrial designer’ and the following result pulls up – Industrial designers develop concepts and designs for manufactured products. They specialize in one product category, such as...
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Here’s How the No-Fly List Will Work in India
In March 2017, Shiv Sena MP Ravindra Gaikwad was banned from flying by Air India for misbehaving with a senior Air India employee. He had not just misbehaved but went so far as to physically assaulting...
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Celebrating India’s Diversity, These Stickers Let You Flaunt Your Family in...
Be it a Malayali from South India or a Punjabi in the North, the pride that one carries in his or her upbringing resonates, irrespective of which state or community one belongs to. With India being a...
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Myths, Poverty, Inconvenience – Why The Simple Sanitary Pad is a Luxury for...
Do not touch the pickle! The odour of a menstruating woman is bad for preservatives in such food. Do not step out of your room or get into the kitchen; and dare you touch food made for other family...
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Good News! India Has Averted a Million Child Deaths since 2005
An international study published in The Lancet, authored by Dr Prabhat Jha, Head, Centre for Global Health Research of St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto and Dr Rajesh Kumar of PGI, Chandigarh reveals...
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Four Reasons Why You Absolutely Must Watch Newton, India’s Candidate for the...
Four reasons why you must watch India’s nominee for the Oscars – Newton The Rajkumar Rao-starrer ‘Newton’ is India’s official nomination for the Oscars. While usually, the committee of the Film...
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Electricity for All by 2018: 8 Salient Features of the New Saubhagya Scheme
The aim of the current government, under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is to provide free electricity to over four crore families in rural and urban areas by December 2018. Setting...
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Meet Taruna, Who Left Her Bank Job to Feed and Educate Ghaziabad’s Struggling...
“During my days in school and college, I saw first hand what the lack of funds and resources could do to a family. From being a family that had had enough and more, overnight we became one that had to...
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Art for All: Chandigarh Organises Exhibition for Those with Special Needs
Accessibility is something that we often hear about. Ever thought of making art accessible to children with special needs? At a workshop organised by the Punjab Lalit Kala Akademi and Delhi Art Gallery...
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Consti-tuition: All You Need to Know about Our Constitution in One Place!
The enforcement of our constitution marked the real start of independent India. Drafted by the Drafting Committee headed by B.R. Ambedkar, it’s 395 articles, and 12 schedules make it the largest and...
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Got an Energy Startup? This Programme From Shell India Can Give It a Boost
Bridging the gap between the idea and the prototype is the hardest part that an energy startup faces in India. Realising such challenges that startups face in the energy space, Shell India has launched...
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Your Right to Die with Dignity: Is India Going to Make ‘Living Wills’ a Legal...
Picture this – A 62-year-old surgeon who has accomplished a lot in his professional career and helped many patients over the years, suffers a stroke one morning. After many tests and several opinions...
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Want to Keep Indian Seas Safe? Change the Way You Eat Fish
India is the seventh largest seafood producing nation. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation, 3.4 million metric tons of marine animals were caught in 2014. But it’s been...
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After 50 Years, How This IAS Officer Re-United a Woman and Her Family in...
A typical news story about India’s bureaucracy doesn’t necessarily evoke positive emotions, but there are exceptions, and the Better India is premised on the positives. This story is about IAS officer...
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If You Live in the Delhi/NCR Region, Here’s How You Can Combat Air Pollution
Last week, my entire family was unwell. When we visited the paediatrician, he diagnosed my two-year-old with wheezing. “But he doesn’t have any history of respiratory issues,” I said. “This is...
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SC Directs Railways to Carry Oxygen Cylinders & Provide Medical Aid on All...
From ferrying 400 passengers from Mumbai to Thane in the year 1853 to ferrying nearly 23 million people every day, the Indian railways has certainly travelled a long way. The Indian railways, is today...
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Newton’s Harsh Portrayal of Democracy Is Exactly Why Its Oscars Entry Is...
Amit Masurkar’s latest movie, Newton, released last month and has done well for itself in the box office. Reviews praise its impeccable writing and having an incredible cast have followed. It is now...
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